John Fichthorn Biography and Net Worth

John A. Fichthorn serves as Lead Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Fichthorn relaunched Dialectic Capital Management, LP, an investment management firm, in May 2020, and serves as its Managing Member. He was Head of Alternative Investments at B Riley Capital Management, LLC, which is an SEC-registered investment advisor and wholly-owned subsidiary of B. Riley Financial, Inc. (“B. Riley”) from April 2017 until May 2020; and continues to serve as a consultant to B. Riley Financial, Inc. Prior to B Riley, Mr. Fichthorn co-founded Dialectic Capital and has been an equities portfolio manager and analyst since 2003. From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Fichthorn was employed by Maverick Capital, most recently as Managing Director of the technology group. From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Fichthorn was an analyst at Alliance Capital working across multiple hedge fund products and as a member of the technology team. From 1997 to 1999, Mr. Fichthorn was an Analyst at Quilcap Corporation, a hedge fund where he covered all sectors, with a focus on technology. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Fichthorn worked at Ganek & Orwicz Partners where his responsibilities included small cap research, international closed-end fund arbitrage and operations. Mr. Fichthorn has served on the board of directors of Benefytt, formerly called Health Insurance Innovations, Inc., a publicly traded health insurance and technology platform company, since December 2017, and the Maven, a publicly traded online media company, since September 2018, where he also serves as Executive Chairman of the Board and the Head of Finance Committee. Mr. Fichthorn earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Astronomy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mr. Fichthorn has significant experience in accounting and financial matters, experience serving on other public and private company boards and brings the perspective of stockholders to our Board as a result of his experience managing investment firms and being a shareholder activist.